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Item	Description
Acrostic Form: Bats	Use the acrostic form to write a poem about bats.
Acrostic Form: Camels	Write an acrostic poem about camels. With a picture to color.
Acrostic Form: Fall Leaves	Use this acrostic form to write a poem about fall.
Acrostic Form: Fall Things	Use this form to write an acrostic poem about fall things.
Acrostic Form: My Teacher	Use this acrostic form to write a poem about your teacher.
Acrostic Form: Remembrance Day	Write an acrostic poem about Remembrance Day. With a picture to color.
Acrostic Form: Solar System	Write a poem about the solar system with this acrostic form.
Acrostic Form: Summer Vacation	Use this acrostic form to write a poem about summer vacation.
Acrostic Form: Swan	Write an acrostic poem about swans. With a picture to color.
Acrostic Form: Toys	Write an acrostic poem about toys. With a picture to color.
Acrostic Form: Trumpet of the Swan- Louis	Write an acrostic poem about Louis. With a picture to color.
Poetry Prompt: Diamonte	Form with prompts for a diamonte poem on any topic.
Poetry Prompt: Kites - diamonte (primary/elem)	Write a diamonte poem about kites using this simple outline.
Poetry: How to Write a Cinquain (primary/elementary)	Clear and easy instructions for this poetry form.
Poetry: How to Write a Haiku (primary)	Clear and easy instructions for this poetry form.
Rules and Practice: Rhetoric- Euphemisms (middle school)	Students learn about euphemisms by example, and then are encouraged to create their own.
Writing Paper: Mother's Day	Lined and unlined paper with a picture of a child giving flowers to a mother.
Writing Prompt: Similes (elem/upper elem)	Briefly explains similes and then encourages students to write and illustrate their own.

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Writing Prompt: Spring (elementary)	Three pages of writing prompts and other activities related to writing and poetry, with a spring theme.
Writing Prompt: Spring Similes (elem/upper elem)	Guides students through writing similes using their five senses.
Acrostic Form: April (elementary)	Use this acrostic form to help students write April poetry.
Poetry Prompt: October (elementary)	Word prompts including six poem forms, acrostics, similes, rap.
Poetry: How to Write Poems (primary)	An imaginative and simple unit introducing some basic poetry forms, including ballads and simple acrostics.
Acrostic Form: Easter
Poetry Prompt: Dolphins	Prompts for a poem about dolphins, plus an additional lined page for further writing, all with cute dolphin illustrations.
Poetry Prompt (Diamonte): Recycle	Use the poem form for your diamonte poem related to recycling and Earth Day.
Acrostic Form: Dinosaur (color border)	Acrostic poem form with dinosaur border
Acrostic Form: Dinosaurs (blackline)	Acrostic poem form with dinosaur border, blackline
Acrostic Form: Earth Day	Write about Earth Day using this acrostic form.
Poetry: How to Write a Ballad (elementary/ upper elem)	This lesson helps students learn to write their own ballads. A great stand-alone lesson, or it can be used in conjunction with another unit.
Poetry Prompts: Kelp Forest	Poetry prompts with a kelp forest theme, including alliteration, similes, diamonte, haiku, cinquain.
Poetry: How to Write a Limerick (elem/ upper elem)	A fantastic how-to lesson that will get your students having fun writing their own limericks in no time. A great St. Patrick's Day tie-in!
Poetry: What is Poetry? (upper elem)	In pairs, students answer a number of questions about what they think poetry is. Then, at the end of a poetry lesson (either text-based or teacher-created), students refer back to their original answers to measure what they have learned.
Poetry: How to Write Poems (elementary)	Directions and writing practice for alliteration,cinquian,diamonte,haiku
Worksheets: Ponds and Language Arts (elementary)	Similes, Alliterations, Acrostic, Story Grammar and Did You Know Cards, all with a pond theme. Six pages of great activities.
Worksheet: Rhyming Words (primary)	This great worksheet helps students brainstorm rhyming words. A fun "stand alone" lesson, or a clever introduction to a larger poetry unit.
Acrostic Form: School	School acrostic poem form.
Shapebook: Toucan	Color this toucan and use the page to write a poem or report about birds or the rain forest, or trace and cut out for a great student shapebook.
Poetry Prompt: Snowflake Alliterations (elem)	Explains alliteration and provides some examples. On beautiful snowflake covered border paper.
Acrostic Form: Winter
Acrostic Form: Dad
Acrostic Form: Haunted House
Acrostic Form: Christmas	Write an acrostic poem about Christmas with this lined form. Has a color Christmas tree illustration at the top.
Writing Prompt: Winter Metaphors (primary/elem)	Winter is ___." Use this paper, with snowmen in the surrounding border, to write a winter poem.
Writing Paper: Thanksgiving (elementary) 4	Lined paper with a small illustration of the Mayflower in the upper-left corner.
Poetry Prompt: Emotions (upper elem)	General emotions poetry form and a happy poem activity. Includes instructions for brainstorming words and writing poems.
Poetry: Dreams	Three activities to help students write poems about their dreams.
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